tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20792116.post781412416420694422..comments2023-11-02T00:52:53.152-07:00Comments on Green fields and open horizons: W W Sawyer - a man before his time?Rinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09619473098124504880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20792116.post-54423404800806864522011-07-18T07:46:01.248-07:002011-07-18T07:46:01.248-07:00I knew WW Sawyer after he had retired to Cambridge...I knew WW Sawyer after he had retired to Cambridge and I visited him twice.<br /><br />My main aim was to put as many of his articles on my website as possible and I have kept this going for many years. Now the people in India have emerged and I very much look forward to what they will achieve.<br /><br />You can see Sawyer’s articles using the following link.<br /><br />http://www.marco-learningsystems.com/pages/sawyer/sawyer.htm<br /><br />I hope this is of interest.<br /><br />Best Wishes<br /><br />Mark AlderMark Alderhttp://www.marco-learningsystems.com/pages/sawyer/sawyer.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20792116.post-69020406975288314242011-02-16T05:14:04.928-08:002011-02-16T05:14:04.928-08:00The following website might be of interest!
Best ...The following website might be of interest!<br /><br />Best Wishes<br /><br />Mark<br /><br />http://www.marco-learningsystems.com/pages/sawyer/sawyer.htmMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20792116.post-76850134796399811092010-06-01T17:00:06.603-07:002010-06-01T17:00:06.603-07:00Thanks for posting about this book. I bought it, r...Thanks for posting about this book. I bought it, read and loved it, and blogged about Sawyer's treatment of logarithms. (<a href="http://mathmamawrites.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Here</a>.)<br /><br />I knew I'd love it, because his book Vision in Elementary Mathematics was also great.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20792116.post-39985033708240378602009-03-18T23:56:00.000-07:002009-03-18T23:56:00.000-07:00Dear Geeta,If you send me the letter, I will publi...Dear Geeta,<BR/><BR/>If you send me the letter, I will publish it on my blog, if I can copy and paste it. This quote from Sawyer says everything about why our children are unschooled. I get a lot of flak from relatives etc, who can't understand why I just encourage my children to do those things that Sawyer describes (my son, in learning guitar in the last while has discovered the pleasure of agreeable music, whereas my daughter spends a lot of time doing scrapbooking and cardmaking and both of them love reading. My two younger ones (now 6 and 8) will sit for hours and play with lego and knex (and gameboys too) rather than practising writing or sums. I see my youngest child developing an interest in maths way beyond what I had at his age (even though I don't "teach" him any of it) and know that if he maintains a love of it, his aptitude could lead him in this direction when he is older. Then again, maybe it won't, but I hope that whatever path he chooses it will be out of passion and enjoyment.<BR/><BR/>Although my blog is actually about the home education situation in Germany, a lot of the people who come to my blog come here because of this very post.Rinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09619473098124504880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20792116.post-82329262041782608472009-03-18T19:16:00.000-07:002009-03-18T19:16:00.000-07:00Dear Scatty,We too are Sawyer lovers from India. I...Dear Scatty,<BR/>We too are Sawyer lovers from India. In fact, Sawyer is our "Guru". I was amazed to see that the paragraph you have quoted as your favourite is also a favourite of mine and I have shared it with thousands of teachers for whom I have conducted workshops over last 10 years. We are setting up a Sawyer memorial in Pune. If you are interested to know more about it, I will send you a letter about the same written by the founder of our organization Dr. Vivek Monteiro. Thanks for sharing this.Geeta Mahashabdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981004245333187970noreply@blogger.com